Abortion legislation in Texas received nationwide attention after Wendy Davis' filibuster in 2013. Davis is no longer in the Texas Legislature, but they'll be many anti-abortion bills around for the upcoming session.

Take a look at some of the most prominent anti-abortion bills filed for the 84th Legislative Session

Abortion legislation in Texas received nationwide attention after Wendy Davis' filibuster in 2013. Davis is no longer in the Texas Legislature, but they'll be many anti-abortion bills around for the upcoming ... more

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Abortion legislation in Texas received nationwide attention after Wendy Davis' filibuster in 2013. Davis is no longer in the Texas Legislature, but they'll be many anti-abortion bills around for the upcoming session.

Take a look at some of the most prominent anti-abortion bills filed for the 84th Legislative Session

Abortion legislation in Texas received nationwide attention after Wendy Davis' filibuster in 2013. Davis is no longer in the Texas Legislature, but they'll be many anti-abortion bills around for the upcoming ... more

Following more than three hours of debate Monday, the Senate gave preliminary approval to a bill adding restrictions to the judicial bypass process used by minors to obtain abortions without parental consent.

House Bill 3994, sponsored by Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, would establish a stricter standard of evidence and require a teen to pursue the bypass through a court in her district. The Senate approved the measure on a 21-10 vote, with senators voting along party lines.

"HB 3994 is to ensure the bypass process is as transparent and information filled as possible while protecting and helping our minors," Perry said during Monday's debate.

About 300 minors use the judicial bypass process, established in Texas in 1999, to obtain abortions each year.

When the bill came to the Senate, it included a requirement for physicians to assume a woman seeking an abortion was a minor until she presented a physician with a valid, government issued identification. With the hopes of making the measure easier to swallow and ensuring its constitutionality, Perry amended the measure to strike the requirement for government-issued identification.

The bill still would require doctors to presume a woman is a minor and ask for proof of identification, but it would allow them to perform the procedure without the verification. In those cases, doctors would be required to issue a report on the abortion to the state.

"I certainly can't imagine any situation in which we presume a man is a child," said Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, who questioned Perry for over an hour on the legislation.

Democrats pushed to weaken the measure during Monday's debate, proposing 14 amendments. All of the amendments were tabled by the same 21-10 party line vote.